Creator: Dr. Reeja Tharu
Keywords: Advantages of using cord blood cells, bone marrow stem cells, disadvantages, stem cell rejection, donors, availability, collection, surgery, side effects, contamination, viruses, Epstein-Barr, cytomegalovirus

Written by Dr. Reeja Tharu, M.Phil.,Ph.D
Medically Reviewed by The Medindia Medical Review Team on Apr 19, 2013

Advantages of using Cord blood and Bone marrow stem cells?

Both bone marrow and cord blood stem cells have advantages as well as disadvantages; some conditions dictate the use of one over the other.

Advantages of cord blood Stem Cells:

Stem cell rejection is less when using Cord blood. Hence it is possible to use cord blood from non-tissue matched donors or a third party.
Cord blood is available within a short time of three weeks compared to 4 months of time for bone marrow stem cells.
Cord blood collection does not involve any surgery and is painless with no side effects.
Contamination does not occur with Cord blood, whereas bone marrow is likely to be contaminated with viruses such as Epstein-Barr or Cytomegalovirus.

Published on Feb 06, 2013
Last Updated on Apr 19, 2013

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Can private doctors start stem celll cord blood bank ? If yes, how and what are the rules and regulations?

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corey Tuesday, December 9, 2008

I think that you could not live without stem cells. if you loose some cells your stem cells can replace them so that you don't die.